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  1. CHKMINI

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    United Sports Car Racing (USCR)

    Well.....that sucks. Without Mid Ohio they've lost me. Two stupid street races and they thumb their noses at two iconic sports car tracks. Go figure.
     
  2. Crashton

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    Pretty sure Mid-Ohio had larger attendance numbers. If you've ever attended a street race you'd know you can't see shirt, only what is directly in front of you. This is justa my sour grapes feel free to ignore them. :)
     
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    I saw posts on Autoblog whining about the P1 cars not being in the series. All I thought was "what all 3 of them" :devil:
     
  4. ScottinBend

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    Airborne and race cars should never be used in the same sentence.......
     
  5. Rally

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    The GTEs were brought over strictly for ALMS after the GT3s had been run in Europe for a while. The GTE has a much blockier aero setup as it had to work within the ALMS rules. IMHO, the GT3 is a much sexier car.

    Now that USCC has come along, the rules have opened up and allowed the GT3s to come in as well. It'll be interesting to see how the rules handle them as the European version of the GT3s were faster cars compared to the GTE under ALMS regulations.

    At the end of last season Rahal and the team were really hoping they'd open up the restrictors on the GTEs because they couldn't keep up on the straights with the rest of the field.

    I'm looking forward to next year's season. We'll be out there with BMW again and it'll be great to be able to work along side Turner and some of the other companies now that we're all under one series. Should be a blast.

    Here's our article going over the debut of the GTE last year:

    Stance Works -The new ALMS BMW Z4 GTE

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  6. Crashton

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    Is that the new F56? With that camo it is hard to tell..... :D
     
  7. CHKMINI

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    No....I'm not going to let it go....it sucks that they won't be at Mid-Ohio this year. Still following the series though.
     
  8. ScottinBend

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    I noticed that although RSR is no longer a team, Sarah Cateano and Owen Trinkler are co-driving a Cruise America Honda Civic in the CTSSC.

    Good luck to them.
     
  9. Steve

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    I like this ... I think.

    Inside IMSA’s New Leader Lights System (sportscar365.com)
    Full article here.
     
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    Since I'm still waiting for 9pm (E) when I can watch more than the onboards, how 'bout a few historical pics from the Daytona 24H?

    Lifted from Racing History Pics:

    A holy trinity: Daytona 24, Porsche, & fire. Whittington Bros' 935K3, 1980. Credit: Bob Harmeyer via @SportsCarDigest
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    Daytona 24, 1971: Ferrari 512M of Donohue, Ferrari 512S of Merzario, and Porsche 917K of Elford. Photo: Louis Galanos
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    Daytona 6 Hrs, 1972: Mario Andretti leads the field on the pace lap of the energy crisis-shortened race
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    Daytona 24, 1971: The NART Ferrari 512S after it had been through the wars. It finished second. Photo: Louis Galanos
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    Morning, 1989 Daytona 24. The Bell-Wollek-Andretti 962 would win a fog-filled race. Photo: http://GTP.com
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    Brumos garage, Daytona 24, 1973. The Gregg-Haywood Porsche would win overall and by 22 laps. Photo: Richard Reeves
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    Jackie Ickx at Eau Rouge, 1973 Spa 1000km, in a Ferrari 312PB, the last Ferrari works prototype. Photo: Schlegelmilch
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    There was no contact between either car, the Ferrari had the line. That was just good hard racing, the Ferrari driver was more than fair. Me thinks we have not heard the last of this. Hope they win the appeal.

    The last caution thrown sure had the NASCARP smell to it.
     
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    That's the right call to be sure!

    That is frigg'n awesome!!! :beer:beer:beer
     
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    Good news indeed!
     
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    We had the fortune of attending the Rolex24 with our friends at BMW and Team RLL. It was a fantastic event and quite the endurance test for even us photographers, haha. I'm excited for this new season and the new grid. It was an exciting race to watch. I'm looking forward to the races that lie ahead.

    Full Article: StanceWorks - Rolex 24 at Daytona

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    It is, thank you!
     
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    NASCAR working it's magic.
     
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    I think the above should be titled. How to alienate fans.
     
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    Headlines should read "NASCAR TUDOR Series......."
     
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    Racing isn't green you know. So we wouldn't want to glorify it. (sarc)